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Sports, Cultural, Scientific, Educational or Internship Visa C or D

BelarusShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Belarus lists participation in sport, cultural, scientific, educational activities and internships as an entry-visa purpose. The general MFA procedure describes entry on a foreign travel document with a Belarus visa unless an international agreement or Presidential decision provides otherwise. The cited pages do not give a complete nationality-by-nationality exemption table.

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Limits of the record
  • The cited MFA visa guidance gives general entry rules and exception authority, but not the current nationality-specific visa-exemption matrix.
  • MFA visa types, purpose category
    ♦ participation in sport, cultural, scientific, educational activities and internships;
  • MFA visa application process, general entry rule
    According to the Law of the Republic of Belarus “On Legal Status of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Republic of Belarus” of January 4, 2010 a foreign citizen may enter the Republic of Belarus, leave the Republic of Belarus and transit through the territory of the Republic of Belarus with a foreign travel document [?], if there is a visa of the Republic of Belarus [?], unless otherwise stipulated by the international agreements of the Republic of Belarus or by the decisions of the President of the Republic of Belarus.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

This route is the Belarus entry-visa category for participation in sport, cultural, scientific, educational activities and internships.

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Limits of the record
  • The MFA groups several activities and internships together but does not define every qualifying event, course, placement, or applicant role on this page.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

A category C visa can be valid for up to 90 days. A category D multiple-entry visa is valid for more than 90 days and no more than five years; the general procedure states a D visa carries a right to stay for up to 90 days unless an international agreement provides otherwise. Two- and three-to-five-year D visas for these activities are generally subject to prior long-term-visa use within the specified three- and five-year lookback periods.

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Limits of the record
  • The pages distinguish visa validity from permitted stay but do not establish the exact stay period and calculation for each applicant under this purpose; any treaty exception is also applicant-specific.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The MFA lists a Belarusian legal-entity visa-support letter for participation in these activities; if the event is organised by a foreign diplomatic mission, consular office, international organisation or interstate entity in Belarus, it lists a verbal note containing the foreigner and requested-visa information. A general application also needs a completed form, a 35×45 mm photograph taken no earlier than six months before submission and a foreign travel document. MFA insurance guidance specifies cover for the stay of at least €10,000, subject to stated exceptions, and the consular officer may request more documents.

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Limits of the record
  • This is the documented category-specific and general file, not a complete border-admission checklist; the consular officer may request more evidence.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Entry visas are issued by Belarusian diplomatic missions and consular institutions and by the Foreign Admissions Division of the MFA Consular Directorate at National Airport Minsk. A consular officer decides within 5 working days (2 if urgent) of application, though it may take longer. To extend a stay, a foreigner contacts the local Citizenship and Migration Department unit of the Ministry of Interior where registered to obtain an exit visa, or a residence permit and, if necessary, an exit-entry visa; extension is not stated to be automatic and no route-specific grounds are listed.

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Limits of the record
  • The general MFA page does not establish grounds, approval criteria or a guaranteed outcome for an extension under this specific visa purpose.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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